For people who grew up in an America where it felt like HIV/AIDS had always existed, it can be hard to imagine just how quickly the at-first-unknown virus arrived and spread in the United States — ...
NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "Cashing Out," a 40-minute documentary from GLAAD Award--nominated filmmaker Matt Nadel, premieres today on The New Yorker's platforms, uncovering a hidden ...
Wednesday marks World AIDS Day, a global event observed on December 1 every year calling people to unite in the fight against HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), which can lead to AIDS (acquired ...
“Philadelphia,” “Parting Glances,” “Longtime Companion” and “Tongues Untied” are often cited as benchmark movies about AIDS. But long forgotten is “Buddies,” the first feature film about AIDS. An ...
A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Race Deconstructed newsletter. To get it in your inbox every week, sign up for free here. Recently, I posted a story on Instagram about Sarah Schulman’s ...
To understand the AIDS crisis that started 40 years ago, we need to listen to those who experienced it. There’s an entire generation of queer men missing from the present-day frame, and many of those ...
The first time I met someone in China dying from complications of AIDS, he had never heard of the illness that had already killed thousands of his fellow citizens. This was not the early 1980s, when ...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – It began quietly, when a statistical anomaly pointed to a mysterious syndrome that attacked the immune systems of gay men in California. No one imagined 25 years ago that ...
The first ever global health day, each year on December 1, known as World AIDS Day, people worldwide show support for those living with HIV, commemorate those who have died and join together in the ...
Protesters from the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, better known as ACT UP, targeted the Whitney Museum of American Art’s critically acclaimed David Wojnarowicz retrospective in New York on Friday ...